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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Microbiol.
Sec. Systems Microbiology
Volume 15 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2024.1487598
This article is part of the Research Topic Diversity and Functions in Microbiome Beyond Species Level View all 7 articles

Three New Species of Gymnopus and Mycena (Agaricales, Basidiomycota) from Northwestern China

Provisionally accepted
Long-Fei Fan Long-Fei Fan *Biyue Wang Biyue Wang TianFu Ma TianFu Ma Bin Li Bin Li JianWei Ma JianWei Ma Xutao Lei Xutao Lei NingHui Bao NingHui Bao
  • College of Plant Protection, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, Gansu Province, China

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    Members of the genera Gymnopus and Mycena are vital for litter decomposition in tropical and humid temperate forests. In this study, Gymnopus gansuensis, Gymnopus subsepiiconicus, and Mycena glabera, which occur in northwestern China, distinguished by their morphological features and confirmed by DNA data. Gymnopus gansuensis and Gymnopus subsepiiconicus displayed separate relationships with other species in the ITS and nLSU combined dataset utilized for the phylogeny of Gymnopus sect. Impudicae. Besides, Gymnopus gansuensis is characterized by pileus honey yellow at the center, margin pinkish buff to buff, stipe pinkish buff to fuscous, basidiospores elliptic to briolette. Gymnopus subsepiiconicus can be characterized by pileus clay buff to greyish brown at the center, margin pinkish buff to fawn, stipe dark brown to fuscous, and basidiospores elliptic. Based on the combined dataset of the ITS and TEF-1α, Mycena glabera has been detected as a separate lineage in the phylogenetic studies of Mycena Sect. Calodontes. The ecological behaviors of the new species are described with illustrations.

    Keywords: Gymnopus sect. Impudicae, Mycena, Macrofungi, morphology, phylogenetic analyses

    Received: 28 Aug 2024; Accepted: 25 Oct 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Fan, Wang, Ma, Li, Ma, Lei and Bao. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Long-Fei Fan, College of Plant Protection, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, Gansu Province, China

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